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• Essinger, James. Jacquard's web; how a hand loom led to the birth of the Information Age

  - 2007-11-01

  ESSINGER, James. Jacquard's web; how a hand loom led to the birth of the Information Age. Oxford University Press. 302p. illus. bibliog, index, c2004. 978-0-19-280578-2. $16.95. A This piquantly titled book indeed speaks to a great truth unknown to nearly everyone except the super-techies of the computer world: the...

  Tags: computer, Leadership, Manufacturing, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Oxford, Web

• Jacquard's Web

  - 2005-04-01

  Jacquard's Web: How a Hand-Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age. James Essinger. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]14.99. xii + 302 pages. ISBN 0-19-280577-0. The hand-loom in question was a device which wove silk threads according to a pattern determined by a series of 24,000 punched cards. The...

  Tags: Ada, MARKETING, University of Oxford, Web

• Can't bank on that.

  - 2003-03-30

  Mar 30, 2003 (The Sunday Times - ABIX via COMTEX) Westpac Banking Corporation has assured its customers that their information is safe despite a fake web site operating. A web site has been found which imitates the real Westpac site, but which carries a...

  Tags: bank, INTERNET, MARKETING, University of Oxford, Web